The ~ is a tilde file. Those are temporary files that you normally don't see and normally are deleted. But this year Turbo Tax is leaving them in the folder in case something happens like your computer crashes. Then you can go back. Just ignore them.
This FAQ talks about the Tilde files,
https://ttlc.intuit.com/questions/2588795-error-102345-or-error-1932147737-occurs-while-opening-a-ta...
